You need a MON08 programmer to reflash it if you can't get into otwincfg. You're welcome to send it in and I'll check it out.
Scott ka9mva wrote: > > > Jason, > > It is VERY possible. I got a new truck and I have been moving around and > plugging and unplugging PowerPoles. > > An update: there is packet audio getting to pin 2 of the XR2211, so the > unit has no excuse not to decode packets. Maybe the firmware did get > lost in the bit bucket. > > Scott, would you be willing to reflash it? Or better yet, tell me what I > need to do to reflash it, and I will do it. > > 73 & Thanks, > > Steve Bragg KA9MVA > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com>, > li...@... wrote: > > > > > > Steve, > > > > By any chance, has the radio been turned off and on several times in > a row? I had a faulty voltage monitor control that was flipping on and > off since it was teetering on the threshold voltage and kept cycling my > T2-135. Eventually it just went stupid. According to Scott, there is a > slight chance when that happens for the processor to overwrite it'self > do this. I think it might have somthing to do with the bootloader on > power up. > > > > Scott was able to re-flash mine and get it going again. > > > > Jason KE4NYV > > RPC Electronics > > www.rpc-electronics.com > > > > --- On Thu, 7/23/09, Steve Bragg <st...@...> wrote: > > > > From: Steve Bragg <st...@...> > > Subject: [tracker2] T2-135 inop, red LED on, no serial > > To: [email protected] <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> > > Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 8:33 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My long-suffering T2-135 may have bit the dust. Can anyone give me a > > > > read on this? > > > > > > > > It's installed in the Alinco radio, set to the APRS channel with the > > > > modem enabled (remember, it's been working in this configuration for > > > > over 18 mos). As soon as the radio is powered, the red and green LEDs > > > > blink successively, then the red LED turns on steadily. The radio is > > > > receiving packets (you hear the "click" if the volume is turned up), but > > > > there is no status change on the LEDs like there used to be, and no KISS > > > > data is output (I had it in KISS mode on Port A). > > > > > > > > It will not connect to OTWINCFG.EXE, either with the "Load Firmware" box > > > > checked or not. I know it isn't the serial port or cable, because I can > > > > use a terminal emulator, short pins 2 & 3, and type and get characters > > > > echoed. I know it's not the connector polarity, because I tried a null > > > > modem, too, to no avail. > > > > > > > > It seems like the processor must be running to blink those LEDs, but can > > > > anybody think why the T2-135 won't respond in any other way? > > > > > > > > Thanks & 73, > > > > > > > > Steve Bragg KA9MVA > > > > The HamHUD guy > > > >
